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The Melkite Catholic community (today about 7,000 faithful) dates back to 18th-century immigration from Palestine, Syria and Lebanon. It is directly subject to the Patriarch of Antioch, who has the personal title of Patriarch of Antioch, Alexandria and Jerusalem (granted by Gregory XVI in 1838 and recognized by the Ottoman sultans).
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April 29, 1607 At Cape Henry, Virginia, the first Anglican (Episcopal) church in the American colonies was established. June 21, 1607 America's first Protestant Episcopal parish was established in Jamestown, Virginia. July 22, 1620 Under the leadership of John Robinson, English Separatists began to emigrate to North America - eventually, they came ...
May 07, 1700 Quaker leader William Penn began a series of monthly meetings for Blacks advocating emancipation from slavery. October 05, 1703 Jonathan Edwards, American theologian and philosopher, was born. 1708 Gobind Singh, tenth Sikh guru, died December 12, 1712 The colony of South Carolina passed a "Sunday Law" which required everyone to attend ...
May 09, 1800 John Brown, American abolitionist, was born. July 01, 1800 The earliest known Methodistcamp meeting in America was held in Logan County, Kentucky. February 16, 1801 The African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Zion Church officially separated from its parent, the Methodist Episcopal Church. June 01, 1801 Brigham Young is born. August 06, 1801...
Feb 25, 2000 · 25 February 2000. We are setting out towards Mount Sinai. On Friday morning, 25 February, the Holy Father went to Cairo's Sports Stadium to celebrate Mass with the people of Egypt. The Roman-rite liturgy was offered in French, with Scripture readings and hymns in Arabic and other languages.
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A Deeper Vision: Catholicism and the Past Century. ROBERT ROYAL. Most people — even most Catholics — don't realize it, but the twentieth century, or at least the first two-thirds of it, were a kind of golden age for Catholic intellectual and cultural life. In the summer of 1901, Jacques Maritain (who would go on to become the most ...
A few decades ago, 20 percent of the Middle East was Christian; today that is down to 4 percent. Iraq alone has lost 80 percent of its Christians during just the last ten years. By any standard ...
Apr 16, 2024 · April 16, 2024. Home › Articles › How Should Catholics Think About the Immigration Crisis? In a message that addressed the “crisis of migration,” Pope Francis identified a “twofold moral responsibility” of states in the abstract. First, to “protect the rights of its citizens.”. And, second, “to ensure assistance and acceptance ...
May 1, 2024 · Even today, surveys show most American Catholics are far from orthodox. Most support abortion rights. The vast majority use birth control. But increasingly, those Catholics are not in church. In 1970, more than half of America’s Catholics said they went to Mass at least once a week.
